CONTENTS
Foreword 6
ORIENTATION GUIDE 10
Promenade architecturale 12
The Site 37
The Grounds 37
A "Tour of the House" 38
The Facades 38
The Pilotis 45
The Vestibule 46
The Service Core 50
The Ramp 53
The Apartment 55
The Kitchen 60
The Living Room 62
The Guest Room 65
The Son's Bedroom 66
The "Master Apartment" 68
The Boudoir 70
The Hanging Garden 73
The Solarium 74
Polychromy, Veritable Element of the Plan
and the Section 74
The Gardener's Lodge 78
HISTORY OF A COUNTRY HOUSE 80
An Ordinary Commission 83
Five Design Schemes for a House 85
Tenders and Suppliers 96
An Experimental Site 97
"Friends of your House" 107
FROM OBLIVION TO CONSECRATION 110
An International Effort 112
State Recognition 115
LeCorbusier, Architect of Historical Monuments 118
PRINCIPLES OFTHE MODERN DWELLING 124
Structure, Space, Light: Processional Architecture 126
The Five Points of a New Architecture 128
Standards: Uniting the Motorcar and the House 129
The Reality Behind the Myth 131
Data Sheet 132
Notes 132
Bibliography 135
The Author 137